undermined

One cabinet minister said: "there is a real sense that everything we want to do is undermined by mistakes by No 10."

On the other, the blockade has exposed the government's weakening reach beyond Bamako and undermined public confidence in a regime that came to power promising to tackle jihadism.

“That pathway into mobility and a greater future for our children and our children’s children is deeply undermined by this profound and unsustainable cost, which is care for our loved ones.”

Attempts to reassure people that things were under control were undermined by footage of units 1 and 3 belching smoke.

"Worse than that, it was an inside job," he told the Today programme, claiming there were people close to the BBC and on the board who had "systematically undermined" Davie and his team.